Search and Seizure, Fifth Edition is the only book of its kind written by an active trial lawyer for other active trial lawyers and judges. Use the author's first-hand experience to learn about the law of search and seizure as it is actually interpreted on the streets and in courts of law.

Search and Seizure addresses the types of issues that busy practitioners and judges encounter every day. It analyzes the principles and applications of search and seizure law, unlocking its subtleties and providing the tools to ensure that no aspect of your case is overlooked.

Clearly written and comprehensive in scope, Search and Seizure offers expert insight on such issues as reasonable expectation of privacy, consent, and probable cause, as well as current guidelines governing search and seizure in such specific circumstances as vehicles, professional offices, and airports. It contains practice pointers throughout the text, concise summaries of the standards of governing a particular rule of search and seizure law, and numerous checklists you can use to debrief a client or prepare for a suppression motion and hearing. Extensive case citations illustrate the applications of the Fourth Amendment and, in every case, describe precisely the exact location of the quotes within a case.

Authors / Contributors

John Wesley Hall

John Wesley Hall

John Wesley Hall is a criminal defense lawyer and NACDLs 50th Past President. In 2002, he received NACDLs Heeney Award, NACDLs most prestigious recognition.

A student of the Fourth Amendment and law of legal ethics in criminal defense practice and prosecutorial misconduct for over 40 years, he has argued twice in the U.S. Supreme Court (Wilson v. Arkansas (1995) and Lockhart v. Nelson (1988)), authored numerous merits and amicus briefs in the Supreme Court for NACDL and others, and he has argued in five federal circuit courts and three other state high courts. He has made approximately 170 CLE presentations in the United States, Canada, and The Hague. His blog - www.FourthAmendment.com - has earned a spot in the ABA Journal s Blawg 100 in the 2016 list of the best in blogs about lawyers and the law.

As an ethics advisor, Mr. Hall has been consulted by at least 900 criminal lawyers seeking confidential counsel on ethics issues in the United States, Military Courts, Canada, and international tribunals. He also wrote or co-wrote nearly all of NACDLs ethics advisory opinions to date. He has handled over 350 jury trials and over 250 appeals, having made at least 90 oral arguments. He tried a war crimes trial in the Special Court of Sierra Leone in 2004-06 for mass murder and other crimes in violation of the Geneva Convention.

His first job out of law school was as a deputy prosecuting attorney (1973-79), and he wrote the cert petition that was granted in Arkansas v. Sanders, but the state ultimately lost.

He is the author of SEARCH AND SEIZURE (5th ed. 2013, LexisNexis Publishing), PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY IN CRIMINAL DEFENSE PRACTICE (3d ed. 2005, Thomson West), and TRIAL HANDBOOK FOR ARKANSAS LAWYERS (5th ed. 2006, Thomson West). He is a Fellow in the invitation-only American Board of Criminal Lawyers, peer review listed in The Best Lawyers in America and SuperLawyers, and A-V rated by Martingale-Hubbell.

His practice includes trials, appeals, and some post-conviction litigation concentrating in the areas of drugs, sex, violence, and search and seizure.